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For the convulsions the following mixture may be 

 used: 



Bromide of ammonia . . 40 grains. 

 Bromide of potash . . . i drachm. 

 Syrup of lemon . . . i oz. 

 Peppermint water to make 6 ozs- 



A dessertspoonful of the foregoing mixture may 

 be given every six hours, and continued until the 

 convulsions have passed away. If the puppies have 

 been weaned they must be fed upon some very soft 

 food, such as boiled rice and milk, boiled fish and 

 milk, or Spratt's malted food. 



Epilepsy 



Epileptic fits are frequently met with in hounds, 

 commonly arising through excitement, exposure to 

 severe heat, also as the result of external injury to 

 the cranial bones, and from irritation within the ali- 

 mentary canal. Although a difficult matter to lay 

 down any distinctive features between epileptic 

 seizures and the convulsions previously alluded to, 

 this much can be said, viz., that the former are most 

 frequently met with in adult dogs, and the latter are 

 specially prone to attack the young. During dis- 

 temper, convulsions are common, and by many 

 authorities such fits are regarded as the true form 

 of epilepsy; their appearance is, however, in the 

 writer's opinion, largely determined by some form 



